Count Negus Zare of Massawa

Negus Zare (1020-) was a noble of the House of Solomon who led a rebellion against Abyssinia in 1071.

Biography
Negus Zare was born to the Miaphysite Christian Solomonids, an Ethiopian dynasty. He married the 16-year-old Theophilia, and the two of them led a revolt against Abyssinia in 1071. Zare, based out of Massawa in present-day Ethiopia, fought against the other Solomonids.